The next confrontation between Israel and Palestinian terror
organizations in the Gaza Strip will be "more violent" than previous
rounds, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch warned Tuesday.

Aharonovitch made the comments during a visit to Israel Police´s
southern district, which dealt with five consecutive days of rocket
fire on southern cities, towns and villages earlier this month.

While acknowledging the undesirability of being dragged in to battles
in Gaza, the minister said Hamas and other groups are firing rockets
into Israel "every day or two days, and the solution to that is to be
more aggressive," according to Israel Radio.

Ahronovitch also addressed plans by pro-Palestinian activists to land
at Ben-Gurion Airport next month as part of an "aerial flotilla," and
said Israel is working with other governments and foreign airlines to
identify activists and stop them from boarding planes to Israel.